STATE v. MARCUM


109 S.W.3d 300 (2003)

STATE of Tennessee v. Jeffrey L. MARCUM.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; John H. Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General; James G. "Jerry" Woodall, District Attorney General; and Jody S. Pickens, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Clifford K. McGown, Jr., Waverly, Tennessee (on appeal); George Morton Googe, Stephen P. Spracher (at trial and on appeal), and J. Colin Morris (at trial), Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellee, Jeffrey L. Marcum.


ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

OPINION

We granted the State permission to appeal pursuant to Rule 11 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure to determine whether fellatio requires actual penetration. The defendant was indicted and convicted for rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery and incest. At the...

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